Christine and Wolfgang with Celia and Lara

We met in 2008 and it was “love at first sight”. In 2010 we married and both really wanted to have children. It was all too perfect. At the time we didn’t what lay ahead of us.

Just like many couples, we wanted to have children after the wedding. It felt like all of our friends around us were falling pregnant straight away. We were the only ones who were not able to fall pregnant. After several visits to the doctor and unsuccessful attempts with Clomiphen, we decided to visit the Kinderwunschklinik Wels. There we were both warmly welcomed.

After a total of 5 IVF attempts and a drill-and-dot operation, it was apparent that I could not have any children. Our world collapsed.

After several years along a rocky and tearful path, upon the suggestion of the Kinderwunschklinik Wels and as a last solution before adoption, we decided to opt for an egg cell donation from the Czech Republic. The Kinderwunschklinik organised everything for us. After just a couple of weeks we got a phone call informing us that a suitable donor had been found. We were so happy and very optimistic. During our second visit to the clinic, two embryos were implanted.

Since August 2014 we are the happy parents of two healthy twin girls who light up our lives.

At first we were unsure if we would be able to fully accept and love these two children, but after a positive pregnancy test (okay, so it was more than one!), I knew that I would love these children because they are ours.

I read a book by Professor Johannes Huber that helped me a lot. It’s not the genetics that matter, what matters is the here and now! Us passing on our values and love!

We dared to go down this uncertain path, and are eternally grateful to the donor that we are rewarded every day with the most beautiful thing in the world – the smile of a child, or two…